as in omnipotent
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knowing everything; having unlimited understanding or knowledge
an omniscient deity The novel has an omniscient narrator.
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Recent Examples of omniscient
In our world there is no such thing as an omniscient narrator.
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Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
So, the narrative that AI is omniscient and omnipotent at displacing labor works well to convince investors to pay inflated valuation premiums for companies that expend huge resources on building data centers and hiring AI engineers and data scientists.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Bejar's smoky alto is our anchor, sounding like an omniscient ghost serenading us in a liminal space.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 13 July 2025
Hong usually shoots his characters with something of an objective, omniscient perspective.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
So, the narrative that AI is omniscient and omnipotent at displacing labor works well to convince investors to pay inflated valuation premiums for companies that expend huge resources on building data centers and hiring AI engineers and data scientists.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Bejar's smoky alto is our anchor, sounding like an omniscient ghost serenading us in a liminal space.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 13 July 2025
Hong usually shoots his characters with something of an objective, omniscient perspective.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for omniscient
Adjective
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First, could de-extinction technologies get out of the control of (less than omnipotent) human beings?—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Nov. 2025
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And whaddya know, another merger requiring approval from Trump et al in order to create a sprawling, omnipotent conglomerate of 265 television stations in 44 states.—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But politics is dealing with the unforeseen, and an almighty curveball was looming over the Atlantic.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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The YouTube hysteria proved an almighty distraction.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sure, playing Kingo, the buff immortal hero moonlighting as a Bollywood star in 2021’s Eternals — the first South Asian superhero in a Marvel movie, by the way — required a (now-viral) physical transformation.—
Kylie Gilbert,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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Mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey leaves her mark on the immortal song cycle under the auspices of Art Song Chicago (formerly the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago).—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In the 1980s, simple was for suckers, and decadence ruled supreme.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
28 Dec. 2025
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The talks were canceled, and in September Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rejected any direct nuclear negotiations with the United States.—
EDITH M. LEDERER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
25 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The shoes come in a ton of hues, including the above silver, plus a divine cherry red and ballet-slipper-pink mesh.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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Their journey and gifts thus represent the homage of all nations and races to the divine revelation in Bethlehem, uniting in a single act of recognition of Jesus as King (gold), God (frankincense), and Savior (myrrh).—
Nadia Cantú,
AZCentral.com,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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ABC's eight-season classic flew Elizabeth Montgomery to fame as Samantha, a witch who marries mortal Darren (Dick York, later replaced by Dick Sargent) despite the disapproval of her all-powerful mother (Agnes Moorehead).—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Jan. 2026
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The current strategy has been to essentially recapitalize it, though the all-powerful algorithm cannot be walled off from the Chinese headquarters.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
18 Dec. 2025
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Chiefs or caciques held godlike powers and could order laborers to cultivate land or serve in military encounters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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More godlike than the R-I-Z-G-O-D starting to walk away with the wrong tribe flag!—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Omniscient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omniscient. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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